Quantum numbers hierarchy

Mahmoud Ghaly
Teaching assistant at faculty of Engineering, Zagazig university
Electronics and electrical communications department
Principal Quantum Number (n)

Nucleus

n= 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
 s
Angular (Orbital) Quantum Number (l) p
O d
K s f
g
s s
L p p
P d
s f
M p g
d h
s s 0
N p p 1
d Q d 2
f f 3
g 4
l = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 h 5
l = 0,1,2,..,n-1 i 6
Magnetic Quantum Number ()
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟒 − l ≤ 𝒎𝒍 ≤ l
s 𝒎𝒍=𝟎 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟑
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟐
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟏 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟏 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟔
p 𝒎𝒍=𝟎 g 𝒎𝒍=𝟎 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟓
𝒎𝒍=𝟏 𝒎𝒍=𝟏 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟒
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟐 𝒎𝒍=𝟐 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟑
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟏 𝒎𝒍=𝟑 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟐
d 𝒎𝒍=𝟎 𝒎𝒍=𝟒 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟏
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟓 i 𝒎𝒍=𝟎
𝒎𝒍=𝟏 𝒎𝒍=𝟏
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟒
𝒎𝒍=𝟐 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟑 𝒎𝒍=𝟐
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟐 𝒎𝒍=𝟑
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟑 𝒎𝒍=− 𝟏 𝒎𝒍=𝟒
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟐
𝒎𝒍=− 𝟏 h 𝒎𝒍=𝟎 𝒎𝒍=𝟓
f 𝒎𝒍=𝟎 𝒎𝒍=𝟏
𝒎𝒍=𝟐 𝒎𝒍=𝟔
𝒎𝒍=𝟏 𝒎𝒍=𝟑
𝒎𝒍=𝟐 𝒎𝒍=𝟒
𝒎𝒍=𝟑 𝒎𝒍=𝟓
Spin Projection Quantum Number ()

𝟏
𝒎𝒔 =−
𝟐
𝒎𝒍
𝟏
𝒎𝒔 =
𝟐
 At each
𝟏
𝒎𝒔 =−
(a) 𝟐
&
𝟏
𝒎𝒔 =
𝟐

(d)

(b) (c)